mayonnaise — (n.) sauce made from egg yolks, oil, and vinegar, 1815, from Fr. sauce mayonnaise (1806), said by French sources to be corrupted from mahonnaise and to have been named in recognition of Mahon, seaport capital of island of Minorca, captured by… … Etymology dictionary

mayonnaise — ma yon naise , n. [F.] A thick white sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency near to that of a gel, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Mayonnaise — For other uses, see Mayonnaise (disambiguation). Standard ingredients and tools to make mayonnaise. Mayonnaise, pronounced: [majɔnɛːz], often abbreviated as mayo,[1] is a sauce … Wikipedia